Renovations

The quick answer is ABSOLUTELY! If you have any hesitations on whether or not to share your budget with a contractor, you need to ask yourself, Why? Are you nervous that the contractor will use every penny of your budget and leave you with a half-finished project? This is not in the contractor’s best interest …

Renovating is tough It has been a while since I sat down at the computer to document our renovation progress. So much has happened, and life got very busy, so something had to give. Home renovation is hard. So is blogging! Sitting at the computer couldn’t find a spot on the list of To-Do’s over …

When to call in the pros Photo credit to Scott Amundson Photography Are you a Do-It-Yourselfer at heart, or are you married to one? It’s important to know your limitations, so that you don’t take on a project that has disaster written all over it. When making major changes to your home; whether you are …

Beautiful Asheville, North Carolina We took an early spring trip to the Smokey Mountains to look at a historic property, and to tour Asheville and the surrounding towns. Hands down, this part of North Carolina, is one of the most beautiful and unique areas I have ever visited. Downtown Asheville is big city living without …

Tiny Living in a Big House It was a bit of work setting up our temporary kitchen and laundry, but it will prove to be a life saver during the second phase of our renovation. In what will eventually be our formal dining room, we re-purposed a short run of cabinets with a double sink from …

Why you should be glad you paid attention in math class… Tile selection is not only about color and texture, it’s about math, and more math. And more math. We opened a wall and combined two side by side closets to make a small, but very efficient second floor guest bathroom. One of the …

The smallest room in the house: The Powder Room. Code requirements for bathrooms are strict, but simple, and play a major part in the space planning of a small powder room. And when tucked under the main stairwell, you have even more space limitations. Our new carved out space will have a footprint of 31-5/8″ …

Interior Designer. Network Engineer. Restoration Junkies. We are not even sure how we got to where we are – like all addictions (I’m assuming), we started slowly down a path, which turned into a ramble, then snowballed into a veritable avalanche. And now we are completely submersed in the worlds of restoration and renovation. We …